In preparation for a feature-length film about windmills, an assistant director travels through the Vaud region to search for locations with windmills. The research leads to a serious engagement with the meaning and purpose of windmills, which has something Don Quixote-like about it in the age of nuclear power stations. The transitions between document and fiction flow constantly and result in a charming and intellectual mixture of seriousness and fun, determination and coincidence, weightlessness and the weight of meaning.
| Release Date | February 10, 1975 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | L’Eolienne | |
| Runtime | 47min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | French | |
| Original Language | French | |
| Production Countries | Switzerland | |
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